Thesaurus results for LOADSTARS

lodestars

noun

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plural of lodestar

as in compasses

a guiding or motivating purpose or principle a society seemingly with unbridled greed as its only lodestar

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Recent Examples of lodestars Over succeeding decades, both Sellars and Salonen have been Salzburg Festival lodestars. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026 But in swapping out just four tracks, FKA twigs finally brought planet EUSEXUA into the orbit of her late-’90s pop lodestars. — Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025 Despite their three-year age difference, Derek Hough and Julianne Hough have become the twin lodestars of Dancing With the Stars. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025

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So many role-playing games spoonfeed you with compasses and waypoints and fourth-wall-breaking warnings.

— Alex James Kane, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
As for steering a buggy to the Artemis base, compasses don’t work on the moon, and dust will adhere to optics, so NASA has pioneered plans to use Earth’s Galileo and GPS satellites to navigate.

— Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026

Definition of compasses

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Their architect, Michael Lehrer, created a striking design with a butterfly roof slanting up in two directions from the center, zigzag walls and picture windows front and back.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The vendors circling this space entered from different directions, which is why the category still looks fragmented.

— Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of directions

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Israel says major rehabilitation efforts won’t begin until Hamas is disarmed, and says construction equipment is dual-use and can serve military purposes.

— Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
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